When I was a kid, I had a narrower definition of people.  Ships were machines, yah know.  Then I grew up and learned what being people really meant.  Some are alive, but aren’t really what I’d like to call people.  And some that aren’t alive like the rest of us are more people than anyone ever expected.  Cybers are like that.  They’re people, and I’ve found they’re just alive as anyone else.  Just different.  Sometimes we need that.